Showing posts with label Palantir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palantir. Show all posts

Saturday, October 2, 2021

Monthly Summary of September 2021

For past 1 week:
Added CLCT @ $1.23.
Added SGX @ $9.85.
Added Ascendas Reit @ $3.06.
Bought Palantir @ US$27 (via options).

Local Portfolio (S$)
Investing: $193495
Market Value: $224102
Accumulated Dividend: $10834

Oversea Portfolio (US$)
Investing: US$43213
Market Value: US$34157





Saturday, September 11, 2021

Are we now moving into stage 4

of China tech market cycles as mentioned in https://www.dsij.in/DSIJArticleDetail/ArtMID/10163/ArticleID/12212/Market-cycles-and-emotions? Only time could tell.

I have started a new position in Ascott Trust when its price plunged below $1 since I always want to invest in a hospitality reit.

Divested some Jardine C&C @ $19.65.
Bought Ascott Trust @ $0.985.
Added AIMS @ $1.47.
Added SembCorp @ $1.89.
Added Mapletree Industrial Trust @ $2.90.
Added Ascendas Reit @ $3.06.
Added 3067 @ HK$13.93.
Divested Palantir @ US$26 (via options).

Saturday, September 4, 2021

Bought into 3067

to gain exposure to Hong Kong listed technology companies. I have chose 3067 among the 4 ETFs due to the following reasons:

Divested some Capitaland @ $4.09.
Bought 3067 @ HK$13.60.

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Did I survive options trading?

As mentioned in https://ainvestor.blogspot.com/2021/04/i-am-newbie.html, I want to try out options trading.

I have chose Palantir to try out selling of options due to the following reasons:

  • Its price at ~US$20+ is affordable.
  • It has good volatility.
  • It has weekly options.
My approach:

  • Use covered calls and cash secured puts; commonly known as the Wheel strategy.
  • Have a capital of ~US$8.5k
  • Hold 0 to 400 Palantir shares.
See the table below for my transactions over the past 4 months. I have collected a total premium of ~US$450. The first 7 transactions have higher fee because they are done via the Tiger Brokers. After that, I moved over to Interactive Brokers because it supports covered calls, cash secured puts and has much lower fee.


Based on this, I did some simple calculations...

Ideally,

Premium collected per week = US$80.
Premium collected per year = 80 x 52 = US$4160.
This is ~49% return based on US$8.5k!

Let's assume the success rate is 50% to include some losses... 

Premium collected per year = 4160 x 0.5 = US$2080.
which would still give at least 25% return based on US$8.5k!

In conclusion, I feel that it is worth to use options to earn premium. During good days, its return is better than most of the dividend yield.


Saturday, August 28, 2021

A big divergence between US and

China stock markets. I believe some convergence would take place sooner or later; what goes up would come down and vice versa. 

As mentioned in https://ainvestor.blogspot.com/2021/04/rebalance-local-portfolio.html, some of my fund has been reallocated to REITs and trusts for past few months, and they are currently sitting on about 41% of my local portfolio.

Divested some Capitaland @ $4.08.
Added SGX @ $10.08.
Added Keppel DC Reit @ $2.51.
Added Mapletree Log Tr @ $2.03.
Sold all ARKX @ US$20.82.
Divested most of ASHR @ US$37.90.
Divested some Palantir @ US$25 (via options).

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Are we in the Capitulation phase

for China tech bear market?

No doubt that China tech stocks are in bear market. Using KWEB ETF as reference, its price has dropped about 60% from its peak. The stock price of big China tech stocks such as Alibaba and Tencent, etc. have collapsed about 16% and 12% respectively for the past 1 week with high volume. The price movement looks similar to the Capitulation phase as describe below:

From https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/capitulation.asp

Capitulation is when investors give up any previous gains in any security or market by selling their positions during periods of declines. Capitulation can happen at any time, but typically happens during high volume trading and extended declines for securities. A market correction or bear market often leads investors to capitulate or panic sell. The term is a derived from a military term which refers to surrender.

From https://www.dsij.in/DSIJArticleDetail/ArtMID/10163/ArticleID/12212/Market-cycles-and-emotions

Stage 3: Panic, capitulation & despondency

In the third stage, people start seeing the realities of a bear market and they may panic and to stop further losses, they in fact, move out of the market altogether. Those who still hold on to be in the market, become despondent and wonder if the markets would ever recover or whether they should stay in the market at all. The irony of the market is that, at these times, investor fails to recognise as currently, they are at the point of a maximum financial opportunity.

Even if we are currently in Capitulation phase, there is no way to tell how long it would last. However, as an investor, we would need to be able to hold through this rainy season.

Divested some Capitaland @ $4.01.
Bought SembCorp @ $1.94.
Added SGX @ $10.67.
Added ST Engineering @ $3.95.
Added 9988 @ HK$167.
Added Palantir @ US$24 (via options).

Saturday, August 14, 2021

Another $12k to be invested

in my local portfolio over the next 4 months+, so that I can hit $200k investment by end of this year. Currently, I have 18 stocks in this portfolio, and is thinking to extend it to 20.

Keppel DC Reit has announced a private placement of 81m new units @ $2.522. This would dilute the stake of the existing retail investors. However, I believe it would provide strong price support @ $2.52. I may consider to add some shares if its price hit $2.52 or below.

Added STI ETF @ $3.187.
Added SGX @ $10.80.
Sold some Palantir @ $24.50 (via short call option). 

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Good news for small Interaction Brokers account holders

like me. From 1st July 2021 onwards, Interactive Brokers have eliminated the monthly account inactivity fees. Extracted from the email:

Effective July 1, 2021, you will no longer be charged USD 10 for not maintaining a minimum balance or transaction activity for account U****8095. This change will be reflected in your August 2021 account statement.

This is a significant change for most of the retail investors and traders. Officially, Interactive Brokers are now even cheaper than Tiger Brokers and Moomoo for trading US shares and options. In addition, I am also using the Fractional Trading feature in Interactive Brokers to buy US shares. If you are interested to sign up a Interactive Brokers account, and do not have a referral link from your friends, please use mine here.

Divested some DBS @ $30.85.
Added Capitaland China Tr @ $1.37.
Added IReit Global @ $0.635.
Added Alibaba @ US$205.
Bought Palantir @ US$24 (via short put options).

Saturday, July 3, 2021

IReit Global starts its Preferential Offering

on 2 July with each share @ $0.595. Under the preferential offering at an allotment ratio of 214 new units for every 1000 existing units, I would be allocated 856 shares. However, I would definitely want to apply for excess shares :)

Moving forward, I would be using my Interactive Brokers account for US shares and options trading due to its low fee and fractional trading feature, I would be transferring my USD fund from Tiger Brokers to Interactive Brokers progressively. This can be done by withdrawing of USD from Tiger Brokers to my DBS multi currency account, then deposit them into Interactive Brokers.

Added OCBC @ $11.76.
Added KWEB @ US$70.
Added Alibaba @ US$223.
Divested some AIMS @ $1.52.
Divested all Palantir @ US$24.88.

Saturday, June 5, 2021

My oversea portfolio has reached

a total investment of US$34k even exceeding my revised target of US$29k mentioned http://ainvestor.blogspot.com/2021/04/changes-to-2021-plan.html. One reason is that I see more opportunities in oversea market during the pullbacks in Mar and May 2021. Another reason is there is a one lump sum investment in Palantir. My oversea portfolio has been sideway for the past 3 months as it consists of technology and growth stocks.

I have subscribed to Mapletree Industrial Trust shares via its rights allocation; hopefully I can get some excess shares.

Added Alibaba @ US$218.80.
Added Mapletree Industrial Trust @ $2.76.


Saturday, May 29, 2021

First purchase of Palantir

@ US$19.71 on 14 May 2021 in the process of trying out selling covered options. Currently, this purchase is sitting on some profit, and I am going to sell covered options to lower the purchase price.

Mapletree Industrial Trust has gone XR, and I holding some of MIT shares in both Tiger Brokers and Moomoo. I am still trying to figure out how to subscribe its shares via these trading platform. If you have any idea, please leave a comment to let me know. Thanks.

First Purchase of Ascendas Reit @ $2.91.
Added KWEB @ US$69.60.